What are Michaels album sales in the US?
top # of total US spot weeks sales at top spot # 3 ? Off The Wall 7 million # 1 37 wks Thriller 24 million # 1 6 wks Bad 8 million # 1 4 wks Dangerous 6 million # 1 2 wks HIStory 3 million (boxed sets) (from Billboard) What are the current total worldwide sales figures for Michael’s albums? Off The Wall 11 million Thriller 46 million Bad 22 million Dangerous 23 million (from Epic 9/26/95) HIStory 14 million (boxed sets) Does the RIAA certification for number of albums shipped in the US go by CDs or boxed sets? Does the same rule apply for worldwide sales? For RIAA certification, which is based on shipments to retailers, not actual sales, a 2-CD set may be counted as one or two, depending on the number of minutes in the total package and whether it is considered a “boxed set”. Sony has determined that HIStory is a boxed set, as it has 150 minutes of music, so each CD within the set is counted separately for certification. For HIStory, therefore, a certification of 6 million (6x Platinum
